Group or private?

Good Question! I think it would be helpful to consider what your priorities are. If you want to make as much progress as you can as a skier, I would expect that you would learn far more taking private lessons. On the other hand, if you want to meet a few people to enjoy skiing and, perhaps, apres ski with, then group lessons may be the answer (and you should still learn something, though probably not as much).

Agree with point about enjoying the company, banter, etc. However, it depends on how many in group and what the instructor is like as to how much you actually improve your skiing. Hubby and I booked a private two hour lesson to learn how to cope with icy conditions a couple of years ago and the effects were incredible. It gave me so much confidence and really changed my approach to skiing. I think we paid 100 or 120 euros for the two of us for two hours.